Snow skate



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R. H. CAMERON SNOW SKATE Filed April 5, 1926 "I I mum fiaberflifamemn Patented Sept. 23, 1926.

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SNOW SKATE.

Application filed April 5, 1926. Serial No. 99,934.

My invention relates to improvements in snow skates, and the object of the invention is to devise a skate capable of being made and sold very cheaply, which can be held very securely on the foot without'liability of displacement and which will be rigid, light, strong, safe and durable and which will glide with equal facility on snow and ice.

My invention consists of a foundation bar,

a foot plate secured to the bar and provided with spikes, a metal strip secured underneath the bar and curved upwardly atthe front into a loop and extending upwardly at the back to form a stop, the said foundation bar having an extension forming a heel stop slotted for a foot strap and the skate being otherwise constructed as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a snow skate constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.

Fig. 3 is a cross section View.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 is the foundation bar of the skate, which is made of a metal strip bent zig-zag in a vertical plane, and having horizontal end portions 1 and 1. 2 is a foot plate secured to the foundation bar preferably by spot welding at the upper apex portion of the zig-zag bar and having spikes 4 adjacent the toe portion of the foot plate. 7

6 is a metal strip preferably concaved in cross section which extends from the front to the rear of the foundation bar 1. The metal strip is curved at the front into the form of a loop 6 extending above the plate 2 and then down terminating in horizontal extension 6 passing beneath the toe end of the foot plate. The rear of the strip is curved upward at 6 and inclines inward terminating in a horizontal portion 6 extending beneath the longitudinal rear end of the bar 1.

5 and 5' are toe and heel bolts. the bolt '5 extending through the horizontal end portion 1 of the bar 1 and the horizontal extension 6 of the strip 6 and the foot plate 2 securing the parts together at the toe end of the skate, and the bolt 5 through the horizontal end portion 1 of the bar 1 and the horizontal extension 6 of the strip 6,

gether at the heel end of the skate.

at each side of the heel centre back and forming heel stops.

Having now described the principalparts involved in my invention I shall briefly describe its utility.

The shoe is placed on the foot plate 2, so that the spike 4i extends into the sole, the heel being brought up against the stop 11 and 2*. The straps 8 and 10 are then tightened around the toe and instep. The loop 6 formed at the front being of metal is more or less resilient and necessarily when it comes in contact with lumps of snow' or ice will serve to relieve the jar on the foot of the wearer of the skate, which would not be the case if the front were altogether solid.

As the foundation bar and foot plate are made of light material it will be understood that not only will the skate be rigid but also light and suitable for snow skating, or coasting which is the principal object for which my skate is designed.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A snow skate comprising a zigzag strip forming a truss like foundation bar, a foot plate secured to the upper apex portions of the foundation bar, a runner strip extending from end to end of the foundation bar and secured to the lower apex portions, and means for securing a shoe to the foot plate.

2. A snow skate comprising a zigzag strip forming a truss like foundation bar, a foot plate extending above the foundation bar and secured thereto along its longitudinal centre, and a runner strip located below the foundation bar and extending parallel therewith and secured thereto.

3. A snow skate comprising a zigzag strip forming a truss like foundation bar, a foot secured to the upper apex portions of the foundation bar, and a runner strip extending from end to end of the foundation bar and secured to the lower apex portions thereof.

ROBERT HENDERSON CAMERON. 

